Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
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To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its target to meet 11% of non-electrical heat demand from renewable sources by 2020.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an update on the publication of the BSL National Plan Progress Report.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02428 by Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021, whether it will provide a breakdown of how much of the £8 million funding that was allocated through Zero Waste Scotland was spent by each local authority.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the (a) money allocated and (b) costs incurred by the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Programme Board since March 2019.
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients in NHS (a) Greater Glasgow and Clyde and (b) Ayrshire and Arran have waited longer than the 12-week waiting time standard for an outpatient appointment for orthopaedic treatment in each month since January 2020.
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the cyberattack on SEPA had on the processing of planning applications.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03252 by Kevin Stewart on 5 October 2021, what the estimated spend on dementia by each Integration Joint Board has been in each year since 2016.
To ask the Scottish Government how many existing hospital beds will be released as a result of improvements that are planned to reduce delayed discharge.
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to mitigate any impacts on small retailers due to the deposit return scheme, in light of eight of the 12 businesses consulted in its Scottish Firms Impact Test raising concerns about space and logistical constraints, reduced sales and cash flow.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02328 by Keith Brown 31 August 2021, whether the contract to design and construct HMP Highland was awarded in September and, if so, to which company.